that is because, there are now several competitive and
accredited tld registrars. see www.internic.net for more info.
so.. just do:
whois -h whois.networksolutions.com domain.name
whois.networksolutions.com can obviously be substituted with
another registrar's whois server.
m
----- Original Message -----
From: Ray Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 12:40 PM
Subject: whois?
> Hi:
> I'm just wondering -- my whois command doesn't turn up contact information
> for domains anymore. What's going on? I get a registrar's name instead
....
>
> Ray
>
>